This Should Be Interesting

Anyone who has ever watched Baseketball remembers that Bob Costas and Al Michaels stared in that movie. Costas even had the great line, "You're excited? Feel these nipples!" Well Costas and Michaels will once again team up for the MLB Network next Friday July, 8th to call the Mets-Giants game. There's a little catch though, they're also going to call an inning each for the Mets station SNY and for the Giants station CSN Bay Area.

"Legendary sports broadcaster Al Michaels will join MLB Network's Bob Costas in the broadcast booth when the two call the New York Mets at NL West first-place San Francisco Giants at 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 8, part of MLB Network's live game schedule in July. The game marks the first time Michaels and Costas will call an MLB game together and the first MLB game Michaels will call since 1995. Costas and Michaels will also make special appearances on SNY's broadcast and on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area's broadcast in the game's middle innings, while Mets announcers Gary Cohen and Ron Darling and Giants announcers Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow will appear in MLB Network's booth during that time, as its telecast will not be available in the Giants' and Mets' home television markets.

MLB Network will host a media conference call with Michaels and Costas, who are expected to be joined by Cohen, Darling, Kuiper and Krukow, on Tuesday, July 5 to discuss the game telecast. Additional details on the call will be sent to media from MLB Network."

Well this certainly should be interesting. By watching old baseball games from the 80's it's clear that Michaels was a solid baseball announcer. Costas is my opinion is a better studio host than broadcaster but he makes a good pairing with Michaels. 

Here's my other question. How the hell is this broadcast going to work? Are they going to rotate calling the game between innings without interrupting each other? Pairing two play-by-play announcers work on radio because you have to be more descriptive. Television doesn't work that way so there's a color analyst to describe what is happening. So this broadcast will certainly be interesting.

I'm just hoping Kruk and Kuip don't drink before the game like usual* and show up on the MLB Network drunk.

*Slight exaggeration. Kruk & Kuip only drink during home games**. 
**Okay that is an exaggeration as well. Giants fans do wonder though if these guys drink before games. 

(Via sfgiants.com)